Cycle-support



"Patented Apr. 18, I899.

W. WENDLER, 1R. CYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Ap (No Model.)

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\VILLIAM W'ENDLER, JP, OF SYRACUSE, NEV YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,298, dated April 18, 1899.

Application filed April 2'7, 1898. Serial No. 678,938. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM \VENDLER, Jr., of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cycle-Supports, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cycle-supports of the folding type.

My object is to produce an improved folding support comprising a suitable body composed of sections hinged together and mounted upon the rear lower fork, a cam, legs separately hinged to the lower body-section and engaging with said cam, whereby their lower ends are caused to diverge or are drawn in by a spring, said legs when folded up and drawn in lying on either side of the rear wheel and being adapted to be forced downwardly and outwardly by the foot of the rider either before or after dismounting.

It is constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of part of a bicycle supported by the folding legs. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of part of a fork-bar and the support as in Fig. 1. Fig. is a front elevation of the support as in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. is a top plan of the support folded, as also indicated by the dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the support folded as in Fig. 4.

A part of the cycle-frame is shown, in which 2 is the rear lower fork and 3 the rear upper fork, which are connected in the usual way by suitable fork ends, in which the wheel 4 is suitably mounted. A suitable clip 5 secures the body 6 of the support to the framebars, and 7 is a rock-shaft or hinge-pin suitably journaled in said body, as in a sleeve 8. A bar 9 projects from said sleeve, and 10 is a tapered cam mounted upon said bar and connected to said body and provided with cars 11 upon its narrow end and 12 upon its wide end, said cam being also curved upon an arc concentric to said shaft. Legs 13 are suitably pivoted in or upon said shaft, having their upper ends in engagement with said cam, and let is a suitable spring which operates to hold said legs divergingly spread apart,

as in Fig. 3, when their upper ends are at the' narrow end of the cam or unfolded, so that their lower ends will engage with the ground to support the cycle, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Then said legs are forced back, the cam will force them in toward each other, as shown in Fig. 4, and they will lie closely adjacent to and upon each side of the wheel out of the way and in such position that a rider, either before or after dismounting, can readily with one foot force them down into their opened position. These legs when folded are substantially under the fork-bars.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

The frame of the bicycle, the body 6 having a sleeve formed at its lower end, and the bar 9 extending at right angles to the body, and a rock-shaft 7 journaled in the sleeve, combined with a tapering cam, which has its lower end secured to-the bar 9, and its upper end to the body 6, the legs 13 pivoted upon the rock-shaft, and the spring 14 for keeping the outer ends of the legs separated, the inner or front ends of the legs being made to bear against opposite sides of the cam, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this th day of April, 1898.

NVILLIAM VVENDLER, JR.

In presence of O. W. SMITH, HOWARD P. DENISON. 

